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"If the EU chooses to remove agencies from the country, it should be responsible for the cost," Mr Nuttall said.

"And any discussion of currency presupposes that there is going to be a divorce bill. I am not sure we should being paying anything out at all."

Two EU agencies employing more than 1,000 staff between them signalled their intention to leave the UK after Brexit earlier this week.

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The plans were revealed in a leaked European Commission document ahead of Brexit talks

Both the European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority are set to relocate to nations staying in the EU from their current homes in London's Canary Wharf.

If the EU chooses to remove agencies from the country, it should be responsible for the cost

David Nuttall

A string of other bodies with links to the Brussels bureaucracy are understood to be also preparing to quit.

The leaked negotiation document, obtained by the Politico.eu website, emerged ahead of a fresh round of Brexit talks for Theresa May.

Downing Street today confirmed that the Prime Minister will meet European Commission Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and president Jean-Claude Juncker in London on April 26.

Their meeting comes ahead of an April 29 summit in Brussels when the remaining 27 member nations will finalise their negotiating stance.

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The draft paper stated that the UK must "honour its share of the financing of all the obligations undertaken while it was a member of the Union", including "liabilities, contingent liabilities, legal and budgetary commitments".

And it added: "In addition, the United Kingdom should fully cover the specific costs related to the withdrawal process such as the relocation of the agencies or other Union bodies."

Mr Juncker has previously suggested the UK's divorce bill may come to around £50 billion.

The new negotiating guidelines indicate that Britain will be able to pay it over a number of years, but insisted that the scheduling of payments "should be agreed in order to limit the impact of the withdrawal on the budget for the Union".

Even after a settlement is reached on a final figure, the total may be subject to future "annual technical adjustments".

Asked about the Commission paper, a Downing Street spokeswoman said: "You wouldn't expect me to comment on leaked documents. The guidelines are draft until they are formally signed off by the Council."

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It also suggested bureaucrats want to force the UK to settle a Brexit 'divorce' bill in euros

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Tory MP David Nuttall has urged the Government to reject the latest cash demands from Brussels

The document emerged today after Mrs May held talks at 10 Downing Street with the president of the European Parliament , Antonio Tajani.

MEPs will have a vote on any deal struck by Mrs May at the end of the two-year process of negotiations under Article 50, giving the Parliament an effective veto.

Leaving Downing Street after talks lasting 45 minutes, Mr Tajani said he and Mrs May were agreed on the need for a resolution to the issue of UK and EU ex-pats' rights.

"This is the most important message - we want to work together," he said.

"It is a good start, a good beginning, now we need to go for implementation."

The Prime Minister's official spokesman said: "The PM and the president agreed the UK and EU should continue to have a close relationship after Brexit and on the importance of giving early certainty about the status of British citizens living elsewhere in the EU and citizens of other member states in the UK."